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Originally Posted by
corrado7 
Can you please explain this "slide out" keyboard. Optional? Standard?
where do you get your info??? or are you just making up stuff
It's better for me to say I'm making it up. Take this info for whatever it's worth. This is the web after all.
2 versions - 4 SKUs.8GB and 16GB - versions without slide keyboard - 3G with minor changes like
-Video
-Photo and video capture/record button on right-hand side. - volume button may be zoom button in camera mode.
-Definitely no plastic. The phone will be metal (brushed anodized aluminum/magnesium and glass. Apple's commitment to environmentally friendly materials will not include dumping 25 million plastic cases on the public.
-GPS but speaker-phone STILL not good enough.
-Apple iPhone 2.0 software.
-Dual SIM capability passive
-No removable battery but better power management.
-No second camera for video on the front
-Not much thicker than current iPod Touch, no change in screen size.
-Possible AT&T subsidy to $200 on 8GB model - no Apple subsidy in Apple store. 8GB will fall away when 32GB launched
-Copy paste is still a question mark
16GB and 32GB Premium/Enterprise (BlackBerry switcher) version
-The whole rumor on the thick versus thinner stems from this; thick versus thin = sliding landscape keyboard add-on versus none on base model.Nothing to do with GPS making it thicker.
-Phone itself will be 3mm thinner and a 3mm sliding keypad add-on will make it appear slightly thicker, maybe 1mm thicker than current phone. - For a clear e.g. of how it may look, see Samsung U940 SKUs
-When keyboard is extended, additional battery may be clipped on.
-GPS but speaker-phone STILL not good enough.
-Camera can be disabled by Admin on config
-Same screen size (basically, identical front to base model)
-Recessed headphones may STILL be in place but standard iPod headphones will fit.
-Dual SIM capability active
-Photo/video record/ capture button on right-hand side.
-Not subsidized by AT&T.
-Metal & Glass
-Apple iPhone 2.0 software
-No removable battery
-This is the business version and it will cost (much) more.
-Copy-paste is still a question mark.
If the upgrade doesn't come out like this, this is pretty much the roadmap.
I can't post again on this. Probe all possible sources further. Look for SDK code on keyboard and extra battery power management.
Apple is ceding nothing to RIMM in the Enterprise.